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Hi guys, newb here.

So my Dark Apostle has 3 melee attacks with the Powermaul each doing 1 damage.

Lets say he's charged and now he's within 1 inch of 1 enemy model, and there are two other models (from that unit) on either side, so there are 3 models.

So he has 3 attacks, does this mean I can divide each attack and target each model killing them all (if I pass of course) or do all attacks have to be towards 1 model only?

Cheers

olsta wrote:
Hi guys, newb here.

So my Dark Apostle has 3 melee attacks with the Powermaul each doing 1 damage.

Lets say he's charged and now he's within 1 inch of 1 enemy model, and there are two other models (from that unit) on either side, so there are 3 models.

So he has 3 attacks, does this mean I can divide each attack and target each model killing them all (if I pass of course) or do all attacks have to be towards 1 model only?

Cheers

You don't attack models, you attack units. If all 3 models were in the same unit, you'd simply allocate 3 attacks to that unit, and the defender wound then allocate where the wounds go. Don't forget that wounds can be allocated to anywhere in the unit, so even if only one of the 3 model unit was within 1", and you score 3 wounds, then he could potentially lose 3 models despite one being a good 5" away from your Dark Apostle.

If they were 3 one model units however, you would have to declare where your attacks are going, you can split them however you like (e.g. 3/0/0, 2/1/1, 1/1/1 etc)

Neither of those are how that works.

1) is your model in range to melee? Yes. Good.

2) you roll al your attacks. You target any UNIT/s within melee range.

3) you roll to wound.

4) your opponent allocates wounds 1 at a time and rolling saves but in melee he has to start with models that are in melee range of your attacking unit.

5) if the model dies the next wound gets allocated to another model.



You never pick where your damage is going. Your opponent always picks.

You attack the unit, you cant target individual models from that unit. If all three models are from the same unit, you hit the entire unit with your three attacks.


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 Lance845 wrote:
Neither of those are how that works.

1) is your model in range to melee? Yes. Good.

2) you roll al your attacks. You target any UNIT/s within melee range.

3) you roll to wound.

4) your opponent allocates wounds 1 at a time and rolling saves but in melee he has to start with models that are in melee range of your attacking unit.

5) if the model dies the next wound gets allocated to another model.

To clarify 2 : You can only attack units you declared a charge against, even if you are within 1" of those. It is possible to pile into a unit you didnt declare a charge against. You cant attack them, but they can attack you. The advantage is they cant shoot because they are in CC. Unless they have pistols, or can still shoot after fallback, or have the FLY keyword.

 Lance845 wrote:


4) your opponent allocates wounds 1 at a time and rolling saves but in melee he has to start with models that are in melee range of your attacking unit.

This is incorrect. Any model in the unit that received the wound can be allocated it. They do not have to be in melee range of your models.

Cheers,

It's all starting to make more sense.

I'm one of those people that need to physically play a game like 15 times before it starts to sink in.

Stux wrote:

 Lance845 wrote:


4) your opponent allocates wounds 1 at a time and rolling saves but in melee he has to start with models that are in melee range of your attacking unit.

This is incorrect. Any model in the unit that received the wound can be allocated it. They do not have to be in melee range of your models.

Indeed. Lance is suffering from edition lag I suspect. Wounds can always be allocated to any model in the unit, regardless of range.

I am corrected. I thought there was something different about allocating wounds in a melee. Must have just been a brain fart.